Asheville brewery tour agenda advice

[SCP]

Ok Bro's, I'm planning to spend a weekend doing a brewery tour up in Asheville. Can somebody with knowledge of the scene up there provide me with an agenda?

[Skweebie]

Highland isn't in downtown so you can start there then go back into downtown and hit HiWire, Wicked Weed, French Broad, Twin Leaf, Catawba also go to Thirsty Monk cool ass bar with upstairs and downstairs

[Skweebie]

There's more breweries downtown just can't think of them at the moment as I'm hungover, solid 6-7 that are walking distance downtown. If you need some solid breakfast try biscuit head on the side of Asheville by the hospital the one downtown is always packed or for lunch go to Tepulo Honey Cafe

[Skweebie]

Can't believe I forgot Asheville Brewing Company! Roland's ESB is delicious

[phone]

A year ago I went to four breweries in a single day. We went to the wedge, wicked weed, green man, and LAB. The wedge was really cool and seems to be popular with the younger crowd. You've got a food truck and corn hole outside near the tracks. Wicked weed and greenman were both very good as well but my fav beer of the day was from LAB. It was a seasonal pumpkin porter.

We weren't a part of any beer tour group. We pretty much just drove up one day and called cabs when we were ready for the next spot. I'd recommend going to breweries that sell food around eating time and hitting the others in between. You can be good and drunk before you leave the first stop so you have to pace yourself like you would at a beer festival.

[gamecocks722]

As the Asheville resident I will steer you to the promised land...

 

The South Slope (Right Downtown) has 7 breweries in a 2 block radius each around 2-3 minutes apart. Start at Catawba and then check out Twin Leaf, Wicked Weed's Funkatorium, Green Man, and Burial Beer Co. 

 

If you have time, head to Mills River to check out the new Sierra Nevada brewery. Its mind blowing and they have an incredible beer selection in the Tap Room. 

 

Are you staying in downtown?

[TNPanther]

http://ashevillebrewscruise.com/

[DWill]

As the Asheville resident I will steer you to the promised land...

The South Slope (Right Downtown) has 7 breweries in a 2 block radius each around 2-3 minutes apart. Start at Catawba and then check out Twin Leaf, Wicked Weed's Funkatorium, Green Man, and Burial Beer Co.

If you have time, head to Mills River to check out the new Sierra Nevada brewery. Its mind blowing and they have an incredible beer selection in the Tap Room.

Are you staying in downtown?

I can attest that the new Sierra Nevada Brewery is quite amazing. I haven't yet been in a tourist capacity but I sold some product and had to oversee it's installation there just before they opened. I was told that they would have live music venues as well as tours and tastings. Does anyone know if these music venues have been opened and any events planned?

I'm not sure of the completion date but New Belgium is also building their East coast brewery in Asheville. I expect it'll be just as impressive as Sierra Nevada's.

Someone else mentioned LAB and it is a awesome gastropub. The beer selection is great with equally quality food. Apparently their beef is home grown on a pasture just a couple mile outside the downtown area.

[RoaringRiot]

Ok Bro's, I'm planning to spend a weekend doing a brewery tour up in Asheville. Can somebody with knowledge of the scene up there provide me with an agenda?

When are you going? I'm going for my Dadchelor party on May 9th.

[RoaringRiot]

And don't do one of the tours. You look like a ridiculous tourist.

Make sure you go to Burial.

[RoaringRiot]

Can't believe I forgot Asheville Brewing Company! Roland's ESB is delicious

I can't believe you forgot Burial twice.

[RoaringRiot]

As the Asheville resident I will steer you to the promised land...

The South Slope (Right Downtown) has 7 breweries in a 2 block radius each around 2-3 minutes apart. Start at Catawba and then check out Twin Leaf, Wicked Weed's Funkatorium, Green Man, and Burial Beer Co.

If you have time, head to Mills River to check out the new Sierra Nevada brewery. Its mind blowing and they have an incredible beer selection in the Tap Room.

Are you staying in downtown?

Is the Funkatorium the sours taproom they were/are building?

[Crixtala]

new sierra nevada is absolutely beautiful

 

finally made it to wicked weed's funkatorium the other night... if you like sour beers at all, it's awesome

 

go to the original asheville brewing and catch a $3 movie with pizza and beer

 

catawba is always good... go to the biltmore village tasting room and then you can hit french broad right down the block

 

check out jack of the wood for some green man and potentially some great live music

 

also hit hi-wire (one of my personal favorites) and ben's tune up

[Crixtala]

its kind of crazy for us locals now... my wife and i get asked all the time what our favorites are, we list off a half dozen and then 30 minutes later after the person asking is gone, we think of another half dozen we should have suggested as well (or instead)

 

bad problem to have... so much good beer, it's hard to rattle everything off people should try all off the top of your head